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SUBCHAPTER III⁠—RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS AND FACILITIES — Front Matter

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021⁠—Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(u)(3)(A), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2152, amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1842(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4244, which added this chapter, by adding subchapter heading. Heading was editorially conformed to the style used in this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program

Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title II, § 211, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2046, as amended by Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title II, § 218(a), (b)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1329, 1330; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title II, § 215(d)(6), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1594, which authorized the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, to carry out Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program establishing panels, was repealed by Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title II, § 217(b), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1827. See section 4128 of this title.

Defense Laboratory Modernization Pilot Program

Pub. L. 114–92, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803, Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 1169, as amended by Pub. L. 114–328, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2806, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2715; Pub. L. 115–232, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2808(a)–(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2265, 2266; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title II, § 215(d)(4), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1594, which authorized using amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation, to fund certain military construction projects, was repealed by Pub. L. 117–263, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803(c), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2994. See section 2810(f) of this title.